rename the town, and he promptly renamed it Chester. Penn landed near the log house of Robert Wade, which was also used as the first Quaker meetinghouse in the area, and spent the night in the house. Wade, in 1675, had bought the property which had been owned by the daughter of the governor of New Sweden, Johan Printz. Quaker minister William Edmundson had mentioned the house in his journal in 1676. Monument The granite monument stands about five feet tall and has Penn's coat of arms on the side facing inland. The monument was paid for by members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Penn Club to mark the 200th anniversary of the landing. A special train was run from Philadelphia to Chester for the occasion, and the dedication was celebrated at length. The site is now about 100 feet inland, with railroad tracks separating it from the Delaware River in an industrial section of Chester, just south of Chester Creek. References Sources ExplorePAHistory.com, The Vision of William Penn, Chapter Two: Penn's Arrival, accessed 2010-05-19 Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Delaware River Pre-statehood history of Pennsylvania Monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania Tourist attractions in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1882 sculptures Chester, Pennsylvania History of Chester, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania state historical marker significations Granite sculptures in Pennsylvania 1882 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania William Penn